I ran a 59 and a 62 Model Chevrolet one ton truck until 1992 in my
Construction business.
These weren't trash haulers, still good trucks that passed State
Inspections.
We bought both trucks new for less than $2400.00 each.
My last New Pickup truck, a 84 Chevy 3/4 Cost over $14,000.00,  that
might be why they are expected to last longer.
The new  3/4 Ton Chevy truck equipped like my 84 now cost over $26,000.00

Is there any reason that people are forced to keep them on the road?

Stan Wilder

On Sun, 20 Oct 2002 18:54:11 -0600 jimt <westydriver@tactical-bus.info>
writes:
> look at these figures keepin in mind three things
> 1.  sixties era buses
> 2. seventies era buses
> 3, vanagon series
> and how many miles some complain they never get out of engines
> jimt
>
> 1960 avg vehicle survived 92kmiles before scrapping
> 1970 - 105k
> 1980 - 132k
> 1990 - 191k
>
> 1970 15 percent of vehicles 10 yrs or older
> today close to 40 percent are 10 years or older
>
> 1980s 20 percent of 5 to 7 year old vehicles scrapped
> today only 10 percent of 12 to 13 year old vehicles are scrapped
>
> dealers service the majority of vehicles to age 5
>
> ten years ago a thousand dollar bill for a ten year old car sent it
> to
> the scrapper because it had reached its lifespan anyway.
> today that car is probably fixed and expected to last another 5
> years
>
>
>
>
>
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